Read, listen and watch – a fascinating presentation to the Northern Ireland Assembly Environment Assembly: Read Pat Sword’s submission here Submission to Northern Ireland Assembly Environment Committee To watch and listen to Pat Swords, Alun Evans and Dr Dan Kane roll on to time 1.44 to start:
Åarhus Implementation Guide This is of assistance both on the National Renewables Energy Action Plan NREAP issues (EU decision) and access to justice (‘not prohibitively expensive’ – UK decision). Following the judgement on 13th February 2014 in case C-530/11: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=9ea7d2dc 30d69d1888abd6a44ec28610b918cefe2fe1.e34KaxiLc3qMb40Rch0SaxuOa […]
The UK’s National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) is in breach of the Åarhus Convention Åarhus Implementation Guide Pat SWORDS from Ireland and Christine Metcalfe from Argyle have both taken complaints about the legality of the Renewable Energy programmes to the United Nations Compliance Committee. Their complaints have been ratified. ACCC/C/2012/68 and ACCC/C/2010/54. Both rulings […]
5th December 2013 Growing an informed Scotland Presentation by Christine Metcalfe (to be delivered to HOLYROOD’S 11th.ANNUAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION & EIA Conference) Re. The Ratified Aarhus Compliance Committee’s decision affecting the: […]
The Principle of Proportionality ‘The extent of the action must be in keeping with the aim pursued’. There has to be access to the ‘reasons and considerations of the decision’, such that in the Article 3 step the environmental issues are independently weighed up and concluded on. This then leads on to the broader issue […]
In order to properly identify possible deficits of the EIA Directive, one has to take into account the Case Law of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC). The case law of the ACCC has the same legal status in the EU legal order as the Convention itself and thus must be observed when implementing the […]
CASE REF. ACCC/C/2012/68 Download the whole document here Why the Scottish and Uk Renewables Energy Policy should be tested in a court of law In its decision on the above case, the ruling of the Committee is that the UK is non- compliant with the UN and EU’s legal framework and the UK’s own international treaty […]
European Platform Against Windfarms